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Category: Science
Phage therapies for superbug infections are being teste...
Bacteria-killing viruses can be used to treat antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and the approach has been tried in more than 100 peo...
Living with covid: How can the pandemic end and what wi...
For some, the phrase “living with covid” means removing all restrictions. But the actions we take now will determine how many more...
First fully programmable quantum computer based on neut...
Most quantum computers are based on superconductors or trapped ions, but an alternative approach using ordinary atoms may have adv...
Will 5G mobile networks in the US really interfere with...
AT&T and Verizon plan to turn on 5G networks across the US on 19 January, but airline bosses warn that potential interference ...
Volcano eruption in Tonga was a once-in-a-millennium ev...
The underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption has already triggered a tsunami, a sonic boom and thousands of lightning bolts, ...
Edible straws made by bacteria are better than paper or...
Plastic straws are increasingly being avoided for both health and environmental reasons, but the alternatives all have their downs...
Covid-19 news: Falling cases in UK suggests omicron wav...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Ozone pollution causes $63 billion damage per year to E...
Rising levels of ground-level ozone in China and nearby countries are having a big effect on the yields of staple crops such as wh...
Unknown voices spark more brain activity in sleep than ...
Unfamiliar voices seem to put the sleeping brain on alert in a way that familiar voices don’t
Portable laser scanner creates colour 3D images of surf...
Lidar uses lasers to create 3D images, but these can be hard to interpret because they are black and white. A new scanner adds cam...
Hybrid animal in 4500-year-old tomb is earliest known b...
Early Bronze Age people in Syria crossed donkeys with wild asses to make prized horse-like hybrids, demonstrating advanced underst...
Covid-19 news: Wales rows back omicron restrictions as ...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...